Paris Junior College athletes earned both individual and team academic honors from the National Junior College Athletic Association. Despite the difficulties this year from the COVID-19 pandemic, 9,555 student-athletes from around the nation achieved a 3.60 grade point average or higher.
Team-wide honors came to the PJC baseball team with a 3.8 GPA, an improvement over last year's GPA of 3.53. Again, PJC baseball was second only to Daytona State College nationally, which led all baseball teams with a 3.85 GPA.
This year a total of 43 individual PJC athletes from six teams were honored, up from 28 last year.
"It is a proud day for PJC,” said Dr. Pam Anglin, PJC president. "To have this many Academic All-Americans signifies the strength of our Athletic Department in developing the student-athlete and each of these athletes are to be commended for their dedication and hard work."
PJC athletes named to the NJCAA All-Academic First Team (4.00 GPA) include:
• Baseball: freshman Drake Boggan, Lewisville; sophomore Sam Creed, Arlington; sophomore Caleb Dubois, Bridge City; sophomore Kyle Hogwood, Forney; freshman Hayden Johnson, Conroe; sophomore Zach Norris, Paris; freshman Evan Schroeder, Brenham; sophomore Grayson Tatrow, Mansfield; and freshman Junior Torres, Irving.
• Men's basketball: freshman Starlin Hamilton, Flint, Mich., and sophomore Romello Wilbert, The Woodlands.
• Men's soccer: freshman Alessandro Felizzola, Houston, and sophomore Eduardo Flores, Houston.
• Softball: sophomore Abbie Clevenger, Jacksonville; sophomore Rachael Gray, Ovilla; sophomore Allison Wilson, Center.
• Women's basketball: freshman Skye Watts, Lovelady.